The bottom line in owning commercial property is to make money, but this won't happen if you are experiencing frequent vacancies...
Leon Breytenbach 10 May 2019
With community and collaboration the key drivers of the co-working revolution, disruption in the traditional office space market seems all but inevitable...
Sindy Peters 2 May 2019
What a difference a decade makes! Ten years ago, the retail environments industry was almost desperate for help in understanding "all that green stuff"...
Leo Van De Polder 9 Apr 2019
Traditional brick and mortar retailers still have a future despite the boom in online retail, but they have to be open to change...
Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Mar 2019
The shopping centre ecosystem is facing an apocalypse. Why? Because shops are middlemen and the internet is killing middlemen...
Alan Knott-Craig 11 Feb 2019
The office you choose for your business has a direct impact on your employees, your clients, and of course your bottom line...
Linda Trim 5 Feb 2019
It's no longer about location, location, location. In the commercial and retail property spaces, the buzzword is now technology, technology, technology...
Rowland Gurnell 10 Jan 2019
In order for the South African property market to show any kind of improvement and growth in 2019, it requires policy certainty, especially around the land issue, as well as investment and an economic boost...
Chris Renecle 10 Jan 2019
It is well known that South Africa has some of the highest levels of gross lettable retail area (GLA) per capita (adjusted for income per capita) in the world...
Andrew Thabo Russell 9 Jan 2019
Until recently, work meant commuting to a nine-to-five job at the same desk in a conventional office. But the world of work has changed...
Joanne Bushell 8 Jan 2019
Shortly after concluding the successful SA Investment Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa then took a walk through the streets of the famous Vilakazi Street in Soweto to show off the township and its successful businesses...
Seabelo Theledi 7 Jan 2019
Retail is facing tough times in a hyper-competitive environment. There are many reasons for this, but the sameness of many South African malls is a big contributor...
Itumeleng Mothibeli 7 Jan 2019
With the advancement of online content that's more reliable and accurate than ever, commercial property tenants are becoming more educated, switched-on and discerning...
Simon Black 7 Jan 2019
Last month the President Hotel invited members of the press to view their newly refurbished floors, proudly paying tribute to the beauty of Cape Town...
Juanita Pienaar 20 Nov 2018
Second quarter 2018 SARB New Mortgage Lending data showed slower year-on-year growth in the value of new mortgage loans granted compared to the previous quarter...
John Loos 28 Sep 2018
Cost effective and customer friendly make a site right for your business...
Richard Mukheibir 24 Jul 2018
A powerful lesson in how to turn vision into reality...
Gil Sperling 15 Jun 2018
Every year nine million people view the Mona Lisa. People still flock to live events at stadiums. Why; when they can see it on video, in HD and 3D and AR, etc...
Danette Breitenbach 12 Jun 2018
First announced in 2015, Growthpoint Investec African Properties (GIAP) is finally off the mark, commencing operations in the pan-African real estate market.
Sindy Peters 14 May 2018
What can a marketing or communications worker expect to earn in Malta? New figures released in April by Eurostat give broad sectoral outlines across five areas of economic activity providing an indication of wages across the EU in general and the Maltese islands in particular...
Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster 4 May 2018
Where do you find Europe's most avid shoppers? Living on the island of Malta, according to findings released comparing EU28 nations...
Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster 27 Apr 2018
Following last month's launch of the Amsterdam-based workspace concept, Spaces at Atrium on 5th in Sandton, I interviewed Dutch founder Martijn Roordink to find out what it offers the South African workforce besides a place to plug in your laptop, and for his views on this new way of working...
Jessica Tennant 24 Apr 2018
The V&A Waterfront has launched a free audio walking tour, giving visitors insight into the history of the property and its evolution from an industrial port to one of the country's top attractions...
Lauren Hartzenberg 12 Apr 2018
Often referred to as the "life-blood" of the body corporate, owners have to pay contributions and trustees, managing agents and attorneys may have to collect them...
Jennifer Paddock 6 Apr 2018
The power of one: a phrase that has been quoted in many a clichéd motivational poster, but one whose power has never quite been fully grasped - until now...
Adrian Goslett 22 Mar 2018
If you're searching for proof that retail as we know it is changing, look no further than Shanghai's 24-hour, unstaffed, self-driving grocery store...
Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jan 2018
Today's hotel developers are under constant pressure to 'future-proof' their respective hotel projects. We see this translate into the function and style of hotels under development, as well as those hotels that have recently commenced operations across the continent...
Michelé de Witt 25 Jan 2018
Township shopping centres are bucking the trend and outperforming other types of retail centres...
Ina Lopion 12 Jan 2018
Time. There is never enough of it. It is an increasingly valuable commodity for all South Africans across the entire social and economic spectrum...
Paul Gerard 12 Jan 2018
The property sector has seen exceptional growth and expansion over the past ten years, but in keeping with the more recent deterioration of general economic circumstances...
Lee-Anne Bac 11 Jan 2018
